It was late at night, and the shadows of the black mountains were like silent monsters, as if they were ready to devour everything in front of it at any moment.

Zhang Ning took thirty guards and Zhang Jian and others into Xiaoyan Mountain at the same time, divided into six groups and ten people, this was already an hour after entering the mountain.

Zhang Ning, Zhang Jian and the other eight people stood on the top of a hill in Xiaoyan Mountain, looking around, the surrounding mountains stretched out, the mountain rocks were covered with a layer of silver light, and the strange peaks were everywhere, under the bright moonlight, the scenery was uncertain, and it was extremely strange.

The deep valley behind is an ancient wood, standing on the hillside, and the canopy covers the sky.

Its mountain is dangerous, pines and cypresses, mountain elms are beautiful, or accumulate green at the bottom of mountain streams and valleys, or take root in cliffs and cliffs.

Xiaoyan Mountain is indeed a strange show, especially at night, but Zhang Ning can't care about watching the scenery, if he wants to find the Wei people ambush in one night, although he is the one in the guard, he is not completely sure.

Zhang Ning couldn't help but look at Zhang Jian, but unexpectedly found that Zhang Jian and the other four Yan army soldiers were stretching out their noses and sniffing around, sometimes listening intently to the sound coming from the mountain wind.

Zhang Ning exchanged puzzled glances with the four guards, and couldn't help but say, "Zhang Jian, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Jian arched his hand: "General Zhang, the vision is not clear in the dark night, and it is almost impossible to find the Wei people ambush by eye, but if the Wei people have the intention of raiding the general, the last general thinks that at least twenty or thirty thousand troops must be prepared to be sure, and the last general is listening to whether there are horses whining around, and secondly"

Zhang Jian unexpectedly showed a hint of embarrassment. After looking at Zhang Ning, he gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaoyan Mountain, regardless of the valley peaks, is mostly rugged and rocky, with less soil, and the Wei army of 20,000 or 30,000 people produces a huge amount of feces and urine every day, so much feces and urine have nowhere to bury in Xiaoyan Mountain, it must be smelly."

Although it is impossible for the Wei people to and pee in the valley of the garrison, it will certainly not be far away, so the last general will wait to distinguish the smell. As long as you find the place where the feces and urine are stored. The real place of the Wei people is about to come out! ”

"Oh~~" Zhang Ning's eyes lit up and said: "Sure enough, it's a good way, I only think about where it is most convenient to get out of the mountain along the way, and how large the valley is to accommodate the Wei people to ambush the soldiers, but there is still no way for you to do it." The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. This is true! ”

Zhang Jian touched the back of his hand. He sneered and said, "General Zhang is serious, no matter what, in order to grasp the fighter." It is impossible for the Wei people to find an ambush far away from the thistle, and twenty or thirty thousand people plus war horses are not a few at all, so General Zhang's method is the right way, and the last general is just a trick. ”

Zhang Ning waved his hand and said: "Don't be modest, let's combine the two methods, we only need to explore the Xiaoyan Mountain area west of Ji, and we will definitely find some clues, okay, the military situation is urgent, take advantage of the unclear vision at night to provide us with cover, hurry up!" ”

Zhang Jian and the other nine people arched their hands and followed Zhang Ning towards another mountain.

Being in the deep mountains, as if entering a mysterious world beyond the human world, for Zhang Ning and other five personal guards, even if they have unique skills, it is difficult to identify the way, let alone find the enemy's traces, fortunately, there are Zhang Jian and other old horses who know the way together.

The division of labor along the way is clear, the Yan army is responsible for stretching out the nose to sniff and listen to the movement, Zhang Ning and other personal guards are careful to be vigilant, pay attention to whether there is a secret post of the Wei people, after a few mountains, but there is still no clue, gradually, there is a trace of anxiety in the eyes, because Wei Feng specially told that it is best to find out the Wei ambush at night, and then contact the Yan reinforcements tomorrow morning will inevitably start from Lu County, which shows that Wei Feng has made a preliminary plan, the key is whether the Wei people can find the ambush of the Wei people tonight.

Although there are five other groups searching in the mountains, they can't pin their hopes on others!

"Wait!" Zhang Jian suddenly whispered, "General Zhang, what do you smell?" ”

Zhang Ning stretched out his nose and sniffed carefully, there was a trace of stench wafting with the mountain wind in front of the side, and suddenly said sharply: "Most of the Wei people are over there, from here, at most an hour can go out of the mountain, and then dozens of miles of plains and grasses can reach the city of thistle, if it is all cavalry, fast horses, it will not take more than two hours, if it is really stationed here, the Wei people will inevitably have patrol posts, let's be careful, don't lose money." ”

The consequence of the failure is to give their lives to the mountains, and everyone's faces are covered with some solemnity, but at the same time, there is an irrepressible excitement, this is a special merit, especially the hearts of the Yan Kingdom soldiers are pounding!

Zhang Ning turned his head to look at it and reminded: "Don't be excited, the great credit must also be your own." ”

Zhang Jian and the other five people were slightly shocked, and hurriedly calmed down, Zhang Jian gratefully said: "It's us who got carried away, thank you General Zhang for reminding us!" ”

Zhang Ning waved his hand and said: "The time for you to join the guards is still short, and you will get used to it when you see more in the future, so let's go." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Ning took the lead, bent his waist, and walked forward cautiously, and the other nine people followed closely.

Under the leadership of Zhang Ning, these ten people did not walk along the mountain road, but stopped and went, sometimes in circles, and sometimes took out a small animal such as a wild cat or a wild cat from his arms to escape, and after about half an hour, the group climbed to the top of a mountain again.

Zhang Jian was full of admiration on his face, and sighed with palpitations: "This trip is also thanks to General Zhang and all the brothers, if the last general and others come by themselves, I am afraid that most of them will be captured by the Wei people, even if they are lucky to escape, they will also startle the snake." ”

Zhang Ning smiled and shook his head: "Don't be presumptuous, we have followed the general for several years, and we have gradually learned these skills, in fact, you are already very good, worthy of being a scout, come, let's see if this is the place where the Wei people hide their soldiers." ”

Ten people bent down, leaning on the cliff probe to look down, faintly could see a large black shadow in the valley, but could not tell whether it was a forest or a camp, although a bright moon hung high in the sky, but the shadow of the mountain blocked the moonlight, even if the valley was hidden in the military camp, it was difficult to detect.

On this mountain, the smell of feces and urine is very smoky, but the problem is that there is no way to tell the specific source, to know the Dao, it is necessary to find out the exact whereabouts of the Wei people's ambush soldiers, so that Wei Feng can make a correct judgment.

A Yan army soldier was shaken in confidence, and couldn't help but say: "If the Wei people ambushed the soldiers and hid in the valley, how could there be no neighing?" People can not make any movement, but horses are different, and even well-trained war horses will make some sounds under the bite of mosquitoes in the mountains. ”

One of the guards was uncertain, "Maybe it's somewhere else?" After all, people and horses hide in the same valley for several days, and no one can bear it! ”

At this moment, perhaps the mountain wind changed due to the terrain, and a whirlwind suddenly rushed out of the valley, bringing out a foul smell, which made the ten people on the mountain peak feel sick, although they followed the smell of feces and urine, but this stench is different from the smell of feces and urine, which is clearly the smell of sweat that has not been bathed for a long time!

It is impossible for one person's sweat to be carried out so far by the mountain wind, so what about the sweat smell of tens of thousands of people gathered together?

In an instant, Zhang Jian showed a look of ecstasy, and shouted in a low voice: "The Wei people ambush must be in this valley, General Zhang, do we want to go down and see if the terrain here can trap the Wei people in ambush to death?" ”

The excitement on Zhang Ning's face immediately dissipated, and he was replaced with a trace of hesitation, and after a long time, he shook his head and said: "The Wei people below the valley must be arranged strictly, you and I have little chance of approaching, if the whereabouts are exposed, the death is small, and the Wei people may retreat because of this, although I don't know which of the Wei people is the ambush below, but I can guess that it is the elite of this elite, who can sneak from Pingcheng for nearly a thousand miles to ambush the general, and with this ability, its identity is about to come out, most of them are forbidden troops!"

If the forbidden army is allowed to retreat, it will definitely take more effort for the general to attack Pingcheng in the future, so you and I can't startle the snake, we must report this matter to the general as soon as possible, and what to do next, the general has his own arrangements. ”

Zhang Jian said again: "General Zhang, please forgive the last general's words, wouldn't it be in vain to give up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Wei people in the valley by retreating?" Oh~~ The last general is not greedy for merit, but thinks that the general is nothing more than to lure the Wei people out of the valley to carry out a surprise attack, but is it easier to be trapped in the valley to gather and annihilate? ”

Zhang Ning was not annoyed, and patiently persuaded: "The general trained us to guard, in fact, it is not only physical and technical training, but also often teaches some principles of life, for example, we are now on the top of the mountain, but as long as we take one more step forward, we will fall into the abyss, do you understand this truth?" ”

Zhang Jian's face turned red, and he said ashamedly: "The last general understands, it is to accept it when it is good, just like when gambling money, you must know how to stop it in time when you win money, if you gamble red-eyed, you will lose all the money, just as the last general proposed to go to the bottom of the valley to investigate, this is clearly a gamble red eyes, it is a move beyond his ability, not to mention that the Wei people dare to use this valley to hide soldiers, how can they not consider the danger of exposure?" Maybe a lot of traps have been set, thank you General Zhang for your advice! ”

Zhang Ning was stunned, then laughed dumbly and said, "Fighting? Gambling? That's pretty much it, let's go back and report to the general. ”

A group of ten people slowly retreated along the way they came, and from time to time they pretended to be the chirping of night owls, which was a signal to summon their companions in the mountains to retreat, but Xiaoyan Mountain was hundreds of miles in radius, and although the plots searched could not be too far away from the thistle, it could not reach the ears of companions in a short time.

Fortunately, there was no need to worry, and gradually, there was a response from the night owl in the distance, which was obviously a good sign, and sure enough, the faint cry of the night owl sounded in the distance.

In the intermittent chirping, another hour passed, Zhang Ning and the others walked out of the Xiaoyan Mountain Pass from the side, walked ten miles, dived into a small forest, took out the war horse, and galloped towards the camp! (To be continued......)